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I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.
I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay
it: even those judges who know read more
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay
it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general
practice.
[Fr., Le devoir des juges est de rendre justice, leur metier est
de la differer; quelques uns savent leur devoir, et font leur
metier.]
I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.
I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.
O, let her brother live:
Thieves for the robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.
O, let her brother live:
Thieves for the robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.
A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.
A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.
To offend and judge are distinct offices,
And of opposed natures.
To offend and judge are distinct offices,
And of opposed natures.
Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all read more
Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things,
integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.
The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the
facts.
[Lat., Judicis officium est read more
The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the
facts.
[Lat., Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum
Quaerere.]